Desperate times call for desperate measures, and sometimes that means taking in your neighbor's cat instead of letting her stay cold. In the story here, the protagonist has seen her neighbor's "cat" come around to their home for the last 2 years. This poor cat has gotten pregnant several times, and the owners don't do anything. The protagonist has tried everything – to approach the neighbor, to take the cat herself. She claims that the little boy who lives there says his mom doesn't like when the cats are inside because they go to the bathroom everywhere. It's not a good excuse. It's their cat, they should train their cat to go to the bathroom in the litter box. Besides, the cat is probably going to the bathroom everywhere because she's starved for attention!
A cat acting up means that they need attention, not a punishment. When the neighbors try to take the cat, the real owners get upset and tell them they are stealing their cat. The neighbors let the cat go, but of course, the cat just shows up again and again to their home. They already have pets, and aren't prepared to have more, but they do what they can to help.
This month's post will be serving double duty as a community promo. I also run the threeforthememories event, whose 2025 session will be open for posts on January 3, 2026 and will run for 3 weeks until January 24. Participant posts consist of 3 photos (only) you've taken of anything from 2025 that you find meaningful in some way or which represent how you experienced the year. These could be your crafting activities, or anything else you find relevant.
This month's question involves the holidays. Do you normally do crafting over this period? Is it related to any holidays? Do you do craft gifting? And if so, what do you plan to gift this year?
From my experience, academic life is supposed to be nerds (me) arguing over footnotes, not professors circling grad students like side hustles, but apparently, job titles don't prevent people from acting opportunistic.
This advisor strings a student along for cheap labor, keeps shifting the finish line, and calls her work not even good enough for a master's. Then, the second she bails with a consolation degree, he suddenly decides that the same project is worthy of publication, just with him steering. When she reads the policies, she says Actually, no, that is mine, and blocks the paper. He reacts like she stole from him, not the other way around. He even reports her to the ethics people, who try to bluff about rules until she pulls the actual text and shuts it down.
After that, he goes full neighborhood menace. Instead of letting it go, he starts doing slow rage walks past her house to glare, like a very low-budget ghost of academia. So she spends five dollars at Walmart and puts up a sign with his name and a simple message about stealing grad student research, directly in view of a daily school pickup line. He loses it. Takes photos. Brings his wife. Yells in the street. Tries to rope in the department and the cops to make the sign disappear, only to discover that embarrassment is not illegal.
No, I did not spend all the money in my wallet on chocolate*, but I treated us to a box of chocolates from Serenade, the chocolatier in Brookline with a wide selection of vegan chocolates.
I took the bus to Brookline Village, walked a little extra because I was wrong about which bus stop to use, walked into the shop, and asked for a one-pound box.
I bought two vegan caramels, which Adrian had asked for; I'd have gotten more, but I wasn't sure what she or Cattitude think of sea salt caramel. Just for myself, I got six dairy truffles, three lemon and three lime. The rest was a few (vegan) chocolate creams, and a lot of chocolate-dipped fruit and nuts, including several of their excellent chocolate covered plums, a candy I haven't seen anywhere else.
I came home via Trader Joe's, where I bought fruit, a bell pepper, hummus, pre-cooked chicken sausages, a carton of chocolate ice cream, and a box of frozen vanilla and chocolate macarons.
Even counting the chocolate part of the groceries, I would have had money left from the $79 that happens to be how much cash is in my wallet right now. That's a pretty arbitrary metric, since I don't always have the same amount of cash (I do make a point of having some, because cash still comes in handy sometimes).
Anyone who worked in customer service knows that the saying "The customer is always right" could not be more wrong. In fact, the customer is often wrong, and they should know it.
There is no reason to give entitled people exactly what they ask for just because they hold the "customer" title. Even if they leave the store slightly angry, it is better than allowing them to keep walking the earth, thinking they can get anything they ask for.
That is why the retail worker in the story below refused the demands of their entitled customer. First, she went into the tech store and bought a charger without a word. Then, she comes back two hours later, accusing the worker of not stopping her from buying the wrong charger for her iPhone. But the final straw was when she demanded to return the wrong charger without a receipt in sight.
The worker had no intentions to give in to the customer's demands, even if some would have claimed that the customer is always right.
Since this is the second one of the day, we only need one more before Christmas to officially call ’80s-style graphic sweaters a hot item once again. Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp stopped by Andy Cohen’s treehouse to model and updated (but only slightly) take on the classic look.
It’s cute! We have no problem with it. We don’t even mind the holes because it gives the classic Cosby sweater a bit more of a punk vibe to it. And of course, in this era of theme-dressing, it’s not unexpected to see a member of the cast working a retro look. We just wish he’d do something about that hair, and by that we mean fire the person who talked him into it.
While some cats are well known for their mild mannered behavior, most are better known for their spicy and, at times, downright outlawed behaviors. And seeing as we have gotten to that time of year when Santa gets out his naughty or nice list and checks it over thoroughly, we figured it would only be appropriate to go over some of the cat characters who have landed on Santa's naughty list this year. So that you, as parents, and purrhaps your cats, as the potential criminals to be, can get an idea of what kind of things can land you in hot water and in a whole load of trouble before you know it.
Because at the end of the year, no one wants to end up on the naughty list with a lump of coal waiting for them in their stocking…so take notes and be on your best behavior, and maybe your cat will too…
Bonus farm news: Today I learned the basics of how to use the chain saw from housemate. No more am I dependent on a man when I want to cut down a small tree or sever a piece of wood! \o/
This seems to be the week for Jessie Buckley to pose with a male co-star in casual wear, except this time, he’s the one in the sassy sweater and she’s the one coming off a little casual. She and her other Hamnet co-star Joe Alwyn stepped in front of the cameras for the London photo call.
JOE ALWYN IN MARNI
Well. That certainly is a lot. We appreciate it because he can sometimes come off bland if he doesn’t put a little work into his look. If nothing else, you can’t call a look like this generic. It reeks of the eighties, from the patterned sweater to the pleated pants, but everything feels a little more exagerrated. We can’t say we’re loving the knitwear combination. We can accept the pullover, but we think the cardigan looks like a Nana sweater. The shoes are awful.
JESSIE BUCKLEY
We don’t know. The red looks great on her, but if you’re going to the trouble of wearing heels, why sport what looks like workout gear over a flimsy skirt? The general style – casual, drapey, offbeat – suits her, but we don’t like any of the pieces.
They look like the annoying neighbors in a National Lampoon movie.
ABOUT THE MOVIE: Synopsis: From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Directed by: Chloé Zhao Screenplay by: Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell Based on the novel by: MAGGIE O’FARRELL Producers: Liza Marshall, p.g.a., Pippa Harris, p.g.a., Nicolas Gonda, p.g.a., Sam Mendes, p.g.a., Steven Spielberg, p.g.a. Executive Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Chloé Zhao, Laurie Borg Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn
[Photo Credit: Ian West/PA Images/INSTARimages- Video Credit: Focus Features/YouTube]
Quite often, the lives of street cats get off to a more than tragic start. You never quite know the cards you are going to be dealt in life, but when you are born a stray, your starter pack of cards are going to be pretty dismal. And the feline hero of this story started with a hand that most people would have thrown in the trash and never looked back at. In fact, someone did do that to her.
But one day, when her rightful cat momma came along, everything began to change. And that which had started out as a Greek tragedy was becoming more and more like a Disney movie with each passing day. And with a whole lot of love and patience, after years of building up comfort and trust, the once scared cat began to feel and act warm towards its savior. A heartwarming and wholesome story to restore the faith of any feisty feline pawrent who is sure their sassy cat children will never cuddle them.
Earlier this year, OpenAI announced ChatGPT apps. Not the ChatGPT app, mind you: That's been out for more than a couple years now. ChatGPT apps, on the other hand, are programs that work within ChatGPT. You can access them in any given conversation with ChatGPT—in fact, they may appear based on the context of the conversation.
These aren't necessarily apps that OpenAI builds itself, either; rather, you'll find options here based on apps you may use yourself. The initial batch of apps included with the feature's rollout included Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow—big apps you've likely used before.
While in a conversation with ChatGPT, you could ask the bot to help you book a flight to Paris via Expedia, find a particular listing through Zillow, or create a slide for a presentation with Canva. From OpenAI's perspective, this adds a host of additional functionality to ChatGPT the company couldn't offer itself. OpenAI doesn't need to build an apartment-hunting tool into ChatGPT; it can just pull in Zillow. It also doesn't escape me that the more apps that OpenAI folds into ChatGPT, the less likely it is you'll need to leave ChatGPT to do something in another app—but that's none of my business.
ChatGPT's "app store" isn't really a store
Credit: Lifehacker
Speaking of more apps, the company plans to expand these apps overtime, as developers create ChatGPT-compatible extensions for their programs. That was part of yesterday's news: OpenAI is now letting developers submit apps to ChatGPT en masse. What's more, these apps will be hosted in an "app directory," though many online are taking to calling it an app store. (There's no payment necessary, however, so app directory might really be a more apt description.) You'll find this new app directory in the sidebar of ChatGPT, appropriately called "Apps."
Apps is apparently in beta, according to a label affixed to its title in ChatGPT. Here, you'll find a rotating slide featuring an ad for some of the service's biggest apps, like Canva and Zillow, and, below it, rows of apps to choose from. Right now, the apps are sorted into "Featured," "Lifestyle," and "Productivity," with no option that includes all the apps. (But they seem to be entirely split across Lifestyle and Productivity.) There are a lot of options here already. Some made headlines this week, like Photoshop and Apple Music, while others arrived more quietly, like Asana, Uber, and Target. It's not just traditional apps like Zillow or Spotify that are getting the app treatment here, either. OpenAI is also considering "connector" services, like Google Drive, as "apps."
You can click on any app in the directory to see what you can do with it. Slack, for example, says you can look up your chats and messages to summarize threads, generate recaps, and come up with responses. You can check on your Asana tasks to generate progress reports and status updates. Outlook says you can create "talking points" and generate follow-ups from your emails and calendar events. While there's a brief summary underneath each title, you'll need to click through to each service to see the full picture of what it actually offers.
Here are the apps I'm seeing at this time. Just note this might not be a complete list, especially as OpenAI continues to add more apps to the service:
If you're an avid ChatGPT user and frequently switch between it and any of the apps on this list, there might be some utility here. Maybe coders will find the integration with Hugging Face and Lovable to be beneficial, while Photoshop users might take advantage of the AI image editing tools this integration provides. But I'm still left feeling like this is more gimmick than anything else: I don't need to connect my Slack to ChatGPT to generate follow-ups for me: I'm perfectly capable of responding to emails myself, and managing my own calendar, so no need to connect Outlook or another email client to the bot. Maybe a future update will sell me on connecting generative AI to all aspects of my work and personal life, but so far, I'm still not convinced.
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For some people, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas until you’re curled up by the fire, eating Christmas cookies, or hanging your favorite ornaments on the tree. For me, the holiday season doesn’t feel real until an overwhelming state of panic sets in and I’m feverishly typing “last-minute gift ideas” in the hours leading up to a Secret Santa exchange.
If you’re like me, you procrastinate at least one gift until the window for pre-Christmas delivery slips out of your grasp. Calm your panic—I’ve rounded up your top prospects for physically getting some wrapping paper around a gift in time for the holidays—even if your only option is going to the drug store. Here are gift ideas that are all under $30 (so long as you’re willing to get a little creative with it). Even when it’s the thought that counts, something is better than nothing.
Novelty kitchen equipment
Novelty kitchen equipment is a quirky holiday gift staple. Take these smiley face wooden cooking spoons, available for $19.80 that can arrive before Christmas. Or you could go for a double dip (or chips-and-dip!) bowl for $20.92. As a rule of thumb, searching for “quirky kitchen equipment” will turn up fun and surprisingly useful results.
In terms of last-minute shopping, an at-home popcorn popper is sure to be available in some form. Get in time for Christmas for $24.99 on Amazon now.
You can still snag this high-quality Lulu candle for $19.95. Candles are also reliable in-store options, but you want to avoid anything smelling cheap and weird. Look for trusted brands like Yankee, Boy Smells, Nest, or Diptyque (though this one tends to be on the more expensive side).
“We’re Not Really Strangers” card game
It's at-risk of becoming incredibly hack, but still, “We’re Not Really Strangers” is a crowd pleaser (as opposed to the simple shock value you get with something like “Cards Against Humanity”). The goal of this card game is to foster connection through harrowing personal revelations. The prompts on these cards will spark conversation and foster connections between friends old and new—just remember that to play fair, you have to be willing to dig deep. Get in time for Christmas for $25 on Amazon.
Anything fuzzy, cozy, and warm
If you live somewhere that gets cold, it’s always a safe bet to lean into the holiday theme and gift something fuzzy, cozy, and warm. Gifts like this also fall into the realm of “things that would improve my quality of life but I never buy them for myself.” I sincerely recommend this wearable blanket hoodie for $24.99, or maybe some cloud socks for $11.45. Again, if you can head to a store to select these items in-person, you’ll be in better shape compared to praying for overnight shipping options.
Sure, mugs are a dangerously popular gift option. But you left shopping to the last possible minute, so it’s no time to be picky. And how about something to fill those mugs with? Even if the gift recipient isn’t a big tea or hot cocoa drinker, it’s a smart thing to have in the home for hosting guests during the holidays.
Go for an assortment of tea flavors for around $3 at Trader Joe’s (my favorites are the ginger turmeric and the harvest blend). Throw in a mug with a cute little squirrel hiding inside for $19.99. Gifting something that people can sip on is the perfect mix of charm and utility.
As I've written previously, sometimes your only option is the drug store. Head to Walgreens and round up an assortment:
Gift cards
Candles
Cosmetic bags
Therapeutic massager
Jewelry
Insulated mugs
Calendars or planners
Notebooks
Coffee/tea bundles
Wine and a corkscrew (depending on your state’s liquor laws)
Picture frames
Electronics, like ear buds or portable chargers
These items aren’t necessarily bad gifts, but many will be easily detected as a last-minute purchase. The success of drug store gifts will come down to the charm of the gift-giver and the chill factor of the recipient.
All this mother wanted for Christmas was to get out of this family dinner as fast as she could!
After the father of her 6-year-old daughter suddenly came back into the picture after years of being an absent parent, he seemingly was attempting to make amends by inviting this woman and his kid over for an early Christmas dinner. Under any other circumstances, this woman would. have said no. After all, she didn't even consider this man to be her ex, considering there was next to no emotional attachment between them, even from the very beginning. Still, she relented because her daughter wanted to go, and the last thing she desired was to be accused of driving a wedge between her daughter and her father.
So, they went to the dinner, but little did they know, the father's entire "new" family would be in attendance as well. That included his spouse, who as it turns out, was in a grief-stricken state at the time. This meant for an uncomfortable dinner, which was made all the more uncomfortable when it was revealed that the father had an ulterior motive the entire time.
Keep scrolling below for the full story and to find out how the mother reacted when the father's wife started referring to the daughter as hers during the meal.
Earlier this year, OpenAI announced ChatGPT apps. Not the ChatGPT app, mind you: That's been out for more than a couple years now. ChatGPT apps, on the other hand, are programs that work within ChatGPT. You can access them in any given conversation with ChatGPT—in fact, they may appear based on the context of the conversation.
These aren't necessarily apps that OpenAI builds itself, either; rather, you'll find options here based on apps you may use yourself. The initial batch of apps included with the feature's rollout included Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow—big apps you've likely used before.
While in a conversation with ChatGPT, you could ask the bot to help you book a flight to Paris via Expedia, find a particular listing through Zillow, or create a slide for a presentation with Canva. From OpenAI's perspective, this adds a host of additional functionality to ChatGPT the company couldn't offer itself. OpenAI doesn't need to build an apartment-hunting tool into ChatGPT; it can just pull in Zillow. It also doesn't escape me that the more apps that OpenAI folds into ChatGPT, the less likely it is you'll need to leave ChatGPT to do something in another app—but that's none of my business.
ChatGPT's "app store" isn't really a store
Credit: Lifehacker
Speaking of more apps, the company plans to expand these apps overtime, as developers create ChatGPT-compatible extensions for their programs. That was part of yesterday's news: OpenAI is now letting developers submit apps to ChatGPT en masse. What's more, these apps will be hosted in an "app directory," though many online are taking to calling it an app store. (There's no payment necessary, however, so app directory might really be a more apt description.) You'll find this new app directory in the sidebar of ChatGPT, appropriately called "Apps."
Apps is apparently in beta, according to a label affixed to its title in ChatGPT. Here, you'll find a rotating slide featuring an ad for some of the service's biggest apps, like Canva and Zillow, and, below it, rows of apps to choose from. Right now, the apps are sorted into "Featured," "Lifestyle," and "Productivity," with no option that includes all the apps. (But they seem to be entirely split across Lifestyle and Productivity.) There are a lot of options here already. Some made headlines this week, like Photoshop and Apple Music, while others arrived more quietly, like Asana, Uber, and Target. It's not just traditional apps like Zillow or Spotify that are getting the app treatment here, either. OpenAI is also considering "connector" services, like Google Drive, as "apps."
You can click on any app in the directory to see what you can do with it. Slack, for example, says you can look up your chats and messages to summarize threads, generate recaps, and come up with responses. You can check on your Asana tasks to generate progress reports and status updates. Outlook says you can create "talking points" and generate follow-ups from your emails and calendar events. While there's a brief summary underneath each title, you'll need to click through to each service to see the full picture of what it actually offers.
Here are the apps I'm seeing at this time. Just note this might not be a complete list, especially as OpenAI continues to add more apps to the service:
If you're an avid ChatGPT user and frequently switch between it and any of the apps on this list, there might be some utility here. Maybe coders will find the integration with Hugging Face and Lovable to be beneficial, while Photoshop users might take advantage of the AI image editing tools this integration provides. But I'm still left feeling like this is more gimmick than anything else: I don't need to connect my Slack to ChatGPT to generate follow-ups for me: I'm perfectly capable of responding to emails myself, and managing my own calendar, so no need to connect Outlook or another email client to the bot. Maybe a future update will sell me on connecting generative AI to all aspects of my work and personal life, but so far, I'm still not convinced.
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For some people, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas until you’re curled up by the fire, eating Christmas cookies, or hanging your favorite ornaments on the tree. For me, the holiday season doesn’t feel real until an overwhelming state of panic sets in and I’m feverishly typing “last-minute gift ideas” in the hours leading up to a Secret Santa exchange.
If you’re like me, you procrastinate at least one gift until the window for pre-Christmas delivery slips out of your grasp. Calm your panic—I’ve rounded up your top prospects for physically getting some wrapping paper around a gift in time for the holidays—even if your only option is going to the drug store. Here are gift ideas that are all under $30 (so long as you’re willing to get a little creative with it). Even when it’s the thought that counts, something is better than nothing.
Novelty kitchen equipment
Novelty kitchen equipment is a quirky holiday gift staple. Take these smiley face wooden cooking spoons, available for $19.80 that can arrive before Christmas. Or you could go for a double dip (or chips-and-dip!) bowl for $20.92. As a rule of thumb, searching for “quirky kitchen equipment” will turn up fun and surprisingly useful results.
In terms of last-minute shopping, an at-home popcorn popper is sure to be available in some form. Get in time for Christmas for $24.99 on Amazon now.
You can still snag this high-quality Lulu candle for $19.95. Candles are also reliable in-store options, but you want to avoid anything smelling cheap and weird. Look for trusted brands like Yankee, Boy Smells, Nest, or Diptyque (though this one tends to be on the more expensive side).
“We’re Not Really Strangers” card game
It's at-risk of becoming incredibly hack, but still, “We’re Not Really Strangers” is a crowd pleaser (as opposed to the simple shock value you get with something like “Cards Against Humanity”). The goal of this card game is to foster connection through harrowing personal revelations. The prompts on these cards will spark conversation and foster connections between friends old and new—just remember that to play fair, you have to be willing to dig deep. Get in time for Christmas for $25 on Amazon.
Anything fuzzy, cozy, and warm
If you live somewhere that gets cold, it’s always a safe bet to lean into the holiday theme and gift something fuzzy, cozy, and warm. Gifts like this also fall into the realm of “things that would improve my quality of life but I never buy them for myself.” I sincerely recommend this wearable blanket hoodie for $24.99, or maybe some cloud socks for $11.45. Again, if you can head to a store to select these items in-person, you’ll be in better shape compared to praying for overnight shipping options.
Sure, mugs are a dangerously popular gift option. But you left shopping to the last possible minute, so it’s no time to be picky. And how about something to fill those mugs with? Even if the gift recipient isn’t a big tea or hot cocoa drinker, it’s a smart thing to have in the home for hosting guests during the holidays.
Go for an assortment of tea flavors for around $3 at Trader Joe’s (my favorites are the ginger turmeric and the harvest blend). Throw in a mug with a cute little squirrel hiding inside for $19.99. Gifting something that people can sip on is the perfect mix of charm and utility.
As I've written previously, sometimes your only option is the drug store. Head to Walgreens and round up an assortment:
Gift cards
Candles
Cosmetic bags
Therapeutic massager
Jewelry
Insulated mugs
Calendars or planners
Notebooks
Coffee/tea bundles
Wine and a corkscrew (depending on your state’s liquor laws)
Picture frames
Electronics, like ear buds or portable chargers
These items aren’t necessarily bad gifts, but many will be easily detected as a last-minute purchase. The success of drug store gifts will come down to the charm of the gift-giver and the chill factor of the recipient.
Halle-fricking-lujah my out of office is on and I am (technically) on leave until 5 January.
I say technically because I have to nip into the office stupidly early tomorrow to pick up some keys and make some posters, and possibly work a couple of hours one day over the weekend. I will also be very swiftly checking email at least once a day most of next week. Then I plan to have some serious offline time as far as work is concerned between 29 December and 5 January.
They're introducing a new "email over 5 years old gets trashed" rule in January so I have some 20,000 emails to check and delete before then (my predecessors did not believing in archiving important stuff) so I'll be scanning/deleting over the break.
And I have my own epic cleaning, clearing, sorting and decluttering project to deal with over the 17 glorious days that I have to get my shit together. I have a master plan and so many lists with a multiplicity of bullet points! And the icing on the cake the ex is at the cottage from 20 December to 6 January so I can make free use of his washing machine.
My hope is to start the first working week of 2026 from a tidy flat with no more chairdrobes or piles of washing to be done or put away.
I'm sure my plans are overly ambitious but I'm looking forward to seeing what I can actually get done before 5 January rocks around.
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PH #167: D.P. | Deserter Pursuit (TV), 견우와 선녀 | Head Over Heels (TV), 이상한 변호사 우영우 | Extraordinary Attorney Woo (TV), 굿보이 | Good Boy (TV), 손해 보기 싫어서 | No Gain No Love (TV), Good Doctor (Korea TV), 당신이 잠든 사이에 | While You Were Sleeping (TV), Unnatural (Japan TV) Request 1 by TeaRoses D.P. | Deserter Pursuit (TV) Characters: An Jun Ho, Han Ho Yeol My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I felt like they had a lot of chemistry, whether you take it as bromance or romance. Just them being bros and maybe casefic (not necessarily something elaborate) would be great. Something with them flirting/getting together/hooking up would also be great. Just please don't pair them with other people in the fic. Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings (with exceptions noted in certain fandoms!), alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats!
Request 2 by TeaRoses 견우와 선녀 | Head Over Heels (TV) Characters: Bae Gyeonu, Park Seonga (Head Over Heels TV), Pyo Jiho (Head Over Heels TV) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I love these three as a trio in general and as an OT3. They just all seem to have such love and devotion for each other. If you do go the romantic route, please keep the fic T or below if it takes place when they’re in high school. After the time skip any rating is great! DNW: Adding more people to the relationship if they are an OT3 in the fic, sexual situations involving someone possessed by Bong Su. Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings (with exceptions noted in certain fandoms!), alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats!
Request 3 by TeaRoses 이상한 변호사 우영우 | Extraordinary Attorney Woo (TV) Characters: Choi Su Yeon, Dong Geurami My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I like the idea of these two dating or in a relationship. I also like the idea of them being friends and supporting each other. Just please don't pair them up with other people (Su Yeon's pairing with Kwon is fair to acknowledge as it's canon. But breaking them up is OK too.) Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings (breaking up Su Yeon and Kwon is fine), alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats!
Request 4 by TeaRoses 굿보이 | Good Boy (TV) Characters: Yoon Dongju, Kim Jonghyeon (Good Boy) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I love these two. They had so much chemistry with each other and I think they’d be great as boyfriends or as friends/rivals like in canon. Just please don't pair them up with other people (canon pairing with Hanna exempted from that, but please no OT3.) Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings (breaking up Dongju and Hanna amicably is fine), alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications I headcanon them both strongly as bi and would rather that is not explicitly contradicted in the fic. But just not mentioning orientation (whether it's a slash fic or not) is perfectly fine. Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats!
Request 5 by TeaRoses 손해 보기 싫어서 | No Gain No Love (TV) Characters: Nam Jayeon, Bok Gyuhyun My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I loved these two together and wished we’d had more of them in canon. For me it was an enemies to lovers that truly worked. Though a gen fic about them is great too - just please don't pair them up with other people. Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings, alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Please do not write the entire fic in the Spice Up Our Love universe. Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats!
Request 6 by TeaRoses Good Doctor (Korea TV) Characters: Cha Yoon Seo (Good Doctor), Park Shi On (Good Doctor) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I love them as a couple, working out their differences and learning about love and romance. Though a gen fic is great too, just please don't pair them up with other people. Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings, alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats! Letter: https://rosehiptea.dreamwidth.org/288362.html
Request 7 by TeaRoses 당신이 잠든 사이에 | While You Were Sleeping (TV) Characters: Jung Jae Chan, Nam Hong Joo, Han Woo Tak My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I love them as an OT3 because they all just liked each other so much, but that's also what makes them great as friends!
DNW: Adding more people to the relationship if they are an OT3 in the fic Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings (with exceptions noted in certain fandoms!), alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats! Letter: https://rosehiptea.dreamwidth.org/288362.html
Request 8 by TeaRoses Unnatural (Japan TV) Characters: Nakado Kei, Misumi Mikoto My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I thought they had a lot of chemistry together, but they also work so well as colleagues and friends so a gen fic is great too. Just please don't pair them up with other people in the fic. Please see letter for more optional details! DNW: Major character death, noncon, dubcon, unrequested changes to a character’s sexual orientation or gender identity, unrequested polyamory, incest, cannibalism, farting, unhappy/tragic endings, break-up of canon pairings (with exceptions noted in certain fandoms!), alternate universe e.g. vampire AU, coffee shop AU, (Alternate timeline and canon divergence are fine), mpreg, ABO, pregnancy with complications Smut DNW: rimming, humiliation, watersports, scat, dubcon, noncon, kink featuring severe pain (consensual light spanking is OK) withdrawal used as birth control (withdrawal for fun is fine), explicit scenes featuring characters under age 18. I welcome treats! Letter: https://rosehiptea.dreamwidth.org/288362.html Canon promo posts: Good Doctor (Korea TV), 당신이 잠든 사이에 | While You Were Sleeping (TV) PH #184: Aveyond (Video Games), Quasimorph (Video Game), Geneforge Request 1 by DreckDetritusAndDross Aveyond (Video Games) Characters: Te'ijal Ravenfoot My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I have a headcanon that Te'ijal Ravenfoot is a psychopath. I would love a story that explored this concept further, delving into how Te'ijal's psychopathy would affect/recontextualize both her interactions with her colleagues and her actions throughout the Aveyond games. Furthermore, content that supplements those already in the Aveyond games, such as extra conversations or scenes, would also be welcome. DNW: Unrequested kinks, mundane/setting change AUs, Te'ijal being "cured" of her psychopathy (i.e. being made neurotypical), Te’ijal character bashing*, neurodivergence being used to excuse bad behavior**. *Given the stigma surrounding psychopathy, I understand if there is any confusion over this specific DNW. Let me make this clear: psychopaths are still people; having little or no empathy or emotional intelligence does not make one categorically evil or dangerous. For the purposes of this prompt, Te’ijal should be a person with both rights and accountability. **Using neurodivergence to excuse bad behavior sounds something like this: “She can’t take responsibility for her actions because she can’t control herself/she doesn’t know what she’s doing/her brain isn’t wired correctly/etc.” On a related note, I am fine with the inclusion of sanist language, bigotry, and/or violence as long as it is not presented as ethically/morally correct by the story itself. Keep in mind that hostility towards a neurodivergent offender in retaliation to the offender perpetrating antisocial behavior, such as inflicting harm upon or violating the rights of others, is not necessarily sanism. On another related note, I am also fine with Te'ijal receiving treatment for her psychopathy as long as it does not fall into the trope of curing neurodivergence. Disclaimer: Psychopathy is not a condition that one can be clinically diagnosed with. The proper diagnostic term for people exhibiting behavior commonly associated with psychopathy is antisocial personality disorder. However, the term "psychopathy" is still useful as a descriptor for a distinct pattern of behavior within the spectrum of antisocial personality disorder. P.S.: Below are some helpful resources if you need to do research on psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder. Of course, feel free to use other sources for further research. https://psychopathyis.org/what-is-psychopathy/ https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-psychopath-5025217 https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/03/ce-corner-psychopathy https://www.healthline.com/health/psychopath#Psychopathy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozh8ur3tJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK-UfTCGOdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpjYtAB9i2w https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/antisocial-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353928 https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000921.htm https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/personality-disorders/types-of-personality-disorder/#AntisocialPersonalityDisorder https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546673/ Note: Please exercise discretion if you choose to consult psycho-diagnostic checklists such as the Hare Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R). Such tools are meant to be used in specific, controlled settings with prerequisite qualifications and can cause significant harm if used outside of these conditions. For example, see: http://www.hare.org/scales/pclr.html P.P.S.: If you are unfamiliar with the concept of sanism, several definitions with sources are provided below. Like before, feel free to consult additional resources. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanism): “Sanism, saneism, mentalism, or psychophobia refers to the systemic discrimination against or oppression of individuals perceived to have a mental disorder or cognitive impairment.” From The Ability Toolbox (https://theabilitytoolbox.com/sanism-mental-illness/): “Sanism is prejudice against people with mental illness. Sanism can take the form of harassment, bullying, violence, and discrimination in healthcare, employment, housing, and other aspects of daily life.” From Simmons University Library (https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-sanism): “Sanism often stems from the "pathology paradigm [that] ultimately boils down to just two fundamental assumptions: 1. There is one 'right,' 'normal,' or 'healthy' way for human brains and human minds to be configured and to function (or one relatively narrow 'normal' range into which the configuration and functioning of human brains and minds ought to fall). 2. If your neurological configuration and functioning (and, as a result, your ways of thinking and behaving) diverge substantially from the dominant standard of 'normal,' then there is Something Wrong With You." (from Nick Walker)”
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Request 2 by DreckDetritusAndDross Quasimorph (Video Game) Characters: Francis Reid-Daly, John Hawkwood My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Quasimorph has become my greatest special interest over the past couple of years. One of the most fascinating things about it is the cyberpunk, science-fantasy dystopia portrayed in that game. I'd love a story that explores not just the lives of those who live in the anarcho-capitalist paradigm in Quasimorph. The scope of the available characters in this request covers the most violent, destructive, and brutal element of Quasimorph's society: the private military sector, as exemplified by both the soldier Francis Reid-Daly, and the proprietor John Hawkwood. My interests for a story in this fandom include: character studies, worldbuilding, action scenes, and violence (including blood and gore). Darkfics are welcome for this request. DNW: Mundane/setting change AU.
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Request 3 by DreckDetritusAndDross Geneforge Characters: Litalia (Geneforge) My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I would love a story detailing how Litalia's tumultuous life and fight against the Shapers has affected her, both physically and mentally, as I feel that there's a lot of potential for a compelling narrative that is sadly underexplored, in my opinion, in the Geneforge saga. DNW: Mundane/setting change AU.
No letter PH #185: Przyłbice i kaptury – Kazimierz Korkozowicz, Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960), Piraci północy – Dariusz Domagalski, Grunwald Monument Request 1 by FakeCirilla9 Przyłbice i kaptury – Kazimierz Korkozowicz Characters: Ulryk von Jungingen (Przyłbice i kaptury – Kazimierz Korkozowicz) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Optional details: The first chapter of this book is such a peanut gallery of all the adversaries of the story. This is my favourite characterisation of Ulryk in the literature so far. He's described in an incredibly sexy way, too, with eyes darkening in anger or sparkling in joy. During the introductory conversation, his mood switches from ire to amusement with the speed of a falling blade, and he manages to offend his late brother in front of a stranger. And then there's Kuno! Obviously used to his master's volatile nature and making snarky remarks about it. Isn't that an interesting relationship? Why is the grand commander allowed to laugh at Ulryk's expense? How close are those two? Is there friendship or something more between them? Or maybe they're just two like-minded baddies united by common politics? DNWs: Animal death, especially no dead horses in the Battle of Grunwald, please. Don't hurt any dogs too. (I'm fine with the characters eating meat or hunting for food, but if it's for sport, let them rather hunt pagans. Murder as many human characters as you wish. MCD is allowed by all means.)
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Request 2 by FakeCirilla9 Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) Characters: Ulrich von Jungingen - Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Optional details: Ulrich has a golden armour here! How cool is that? I'd be satisfied to receive a short piece with an armour kink. Or, if you're thinking of something with a more ambitious plot, feel free to use Rotgier as well. Does Ulrich confront him about the kidnapped girl after the heroes of the story complain about it to the grand master of the Order? Or is he too busy seizing power or mourning his brother's death or both? If he acknowledges his underling’s fault, is he angry at him or does he brush the whole affair off, maybe even providing some plausible excuses to help to sweep it under the rug? Or, a darker take: I've heard that the punishment for a Teutonic knight who broke the chastity vows was flogging administered by the grand master himself. I'd adore to see such a scene unfolding between Ulrich and Rotgier. DNWs: Animal death, especially no dead horses in the Battle of Grunwald, please. Don't hurt any dogs too. (I'm fine with the characters eating meat or hunting for food, but if it's for sport, let them rather hunt pagans. Murder as many human characters as you wish. MCD is allowed by all means.)
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Request 3 by FakeCirilla9 Piraci północy – Dariusz Domagalski Characters: Ulryk von Jungingen (Piraci północy – Dariusz Domagalski) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Optional details: This is an easy-to-read book, in which the characters have emotional depth as thick as a sheet of printing paper. Ulryk is evil here because the plot demands a punching bag for the main hero. But I love that for the main adversary of the story, of all the possible Teutonic knights, the author chose Ulryk. The idea that Ulryk von Jungingen and Klaus Störtebeker met in person is glorious. They also got an incredibly cool hot sword-fighting scene in the book. Maybe the fic could deal with the aftermath of that encounter? DNWs: Animal death, especially no dead horses in the Battle of Grunwald, please. Don't hurt any dogs too. (I'm fine with the characters eating meat or hunting for food, but if it's for sport, let them rather hunt pagans. Murder as many human characters as you wish. MCD is allowed by all means.)
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Request 4 by FakeCirilla9 Grunwald Monument Characters: Ulrich von Jungingen (Grunwald Monument) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Optional details: I know it was erected to honour king Jagiełło, but I'm not a big fan of him, and he's so distant on his high horse there. Whereas Ulrich is literally within one's hand reach (as you can see by his statue's fingers polished to gold by countless tourists). And isn't the sprawled pose marvellous? It's oddly satisfying on a primal level to see him thrown there at Vytautas’ feet, like one more war trophy from the battlefield. DNWs: Animal death, especially no dead horses in the Battle of Grunwald, please. Don't hurt any dogs too. (I'm fine with the characters eating meat or hunting for food, but if it's for sport, let them rather hunt pagans. Murder as many human characters as you wish. MCD is allowed by all means.)
No letter PH #198: even if TEMPEST 宵闇にかく語りき魔女 (Visual Novel), Flowers Series (Visual Novels), Lkyt. (Visual Novel) Request 1 by ryulynn even if TEMPEST 宵闇にかく語りき魔女 (Visual Novel) Characters: Anastasia Lynzel, Maya Kirkland My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
DNW general: AUs generally except for canon-divergence or future fic, rape, non-con (dub-con okay), permanent main character death, explicitly described violence/gore, sexual acts that involve one party being humiliated, homophobia, transphobia, incest, focus on unrequited feelings (mentions are fine), hurt without comfort DNW ships: any Conrad romantic ships, Maya shipped romantically with anyone outside of Anastasia General likes: humor, fluff, flirting, banter, accidentally romantic gestures, established relationship, domestic scenes Favorite ships: Anastasia/Maya, Crius/Tyril, Anastasia/Crius/Tyril, Anastasia/Crius, Anastasia/Tyril, Anastasia/Zenn, Evelina/Leticia I love Anastasia and Maya's relationship so much! Whether it be platonic or romantic, I love their devotion to each other. Thus I would like to see either Anastasia/Maya as a romantic pair (I usually see Anastasia as the initiator of this but if you have ideas for the other way around, I'd love to see it) or Maya's commentary/thoughts/influence/etc on Anastasia's other relationships, whether they be following one of the romantic routes of the game or Anastasia not getting together with any of the guys. Optional prompts are in the letter.
Request 2 by ryulynn Flowers Series (Visual Novels) Characters: Any My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
DNW: AUs generally except for canon-divergence or future fic, rape, non-con, major character death, excessive violence/gore, sex before the characters are 18+ (aka set fic in the future if you write smut), sexual acts that involve one party being humiliated, focus on homophobia or transphobia (aka no more than what is in canon), incest, focus on unrequited feelings (mentions are fine), hurt without comfort DNW ships: focus on any romantic ships except Chidori/Erika, Mayuri/Suoh, Nerine/Yuzuriha General likes: humor, fluff, banter, accidentally romantic gestures, established relationship, domestic scenes, talk about food Okay I stan Chidori/Erika and Nerine/Yuzuriha. Erika and Yuzuriha are my favorite POVs in the series, but fic from any POV is fine. If you just want to focus on one character, I would love either backstory/memories or future fic. I also totally love so many of the friendships in this series. Especially Erika & Suoh and everyone with the Sasaki twins. Optional prompts are in the letter.
Request 3 by ryulynn Lkyt. (Visual Novel) Characters: Any My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
DNW: AUs generally except for canon-divergence or future fic, rape, non-con (dub-con okay), non-canonical character death, excessive explicit descriptions of violence/gore, sexual acts that involve one party being humiliated, homophobia, transphobia, incest except for Takeru/Towa, focus on unrequited feelings (mentions are fine), hurt without comfort DNW ships: Ango/anyone besides Tasuku or his wife, Tasuku/anyone besides route characters Takeru, Towa, Ango, or Yael General likes: humor, fluff, banter, accidentally romantic gestures, established relationship, domestic scenes, worldbuilding, family stuff (especially Tasuku's family) Favorite ships: Tasuku/Takeru, Tasuku/Towa, Tasuku/Yael, Tasuku/Ango, Tasuku/Takeru/Towa, Tasuku & Fuuka, Takeru & Towa Yes, give me fluff and alternative scenes before the end game because this game made me cry a bunch. Especially Takeru's route which I played first! Or give me backstory scenes that expand on the little bit of knowledge we know of other [redacted] relationships. Or give me post epilogue ideas. Optional prompts are in the letter.
Letter: https://ryulynn.dreamwidth.org/66179.html Canon promo post: Lkyt. CLAIMED - PH #199: Justice League International (Comics), Absolute Wonder Woman (DC Comics), Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (Comics) Request 1 by saiditallbefore Justice League International (Comics) Characters: Tora Olafsdotter (Justice League International), Beatriz da Costa (Justice League International) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Likes: Femslash || Competency (being really good at Their Thing) || Outsider POV || Hurt/Comfort || Friends-to-Lovers || Enemies-to-Lovers || Families of Choice || Angst with a happy ending || Pretend dating or secretly dating || Happy or happy-for-now endings || Heists || Language barriers || Timeloops || Loyalty kink || Stranded together/forced to work together || Arranged marriage/political marriage/marriage of convenience || Stargazing || Kissing in the rain || Character studies and relationship studies || Genderbending male characters to female (of the "always a girl" variety) || Bondage || Phone sex || Dom/sub || Cunnilingus || Pain mixed with pleasure (intentional or unintentional) || Orgasm denial || Hate sex || Object insertion (vaginal only) || Nipple play || Spanking || Vaginal fisting DNW: Unrequested on-screen character death || Unprompted crossovers or fusions || Levels of violence that are graphic or extreme beyond canon || Unrequested non-con (dub-con or non-con in requested scenarios is A-OK) || Brainwashing/mental horror || Focus on unrequested pairings || Breathplay || Anal sex || Homophobia || Focus on the breakup of canon relationships (please just say it didn't work out or it never happened; don't make a Big Thing about it) || Poetry I am open to treats. Please see my letter for specific thoughts and prompts!
Request 2 by saiditallbefore Absolute Wonder Woman (DC Comics) Characters: Diana (Absolute Wonder Woman), Circe (Absolute Wonder Woman) My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Likes: Femslash || Competency (being really good at Their Thing) || Outsider POV || Hurt/Comfort || Friends-to-Lovers || Enemies-to-Lovers || Families of Choice || Angst with a happy ending || Pretend dating or secretly dating || Happy or happy-for-now endings || Heists || Language barriers || Timeloops || Loyalty kink || Stranded together/forced to work together || Arranged marriage/political marriage/marriage of convenience || Stargazing || Kissing in the rain || Character studies and relationship studies || Genderbending male characters to female (of the "always a girl" variety) || Bondage || Phone sex || Dom/sub || Cunnilingus || Pain mixed with pleasure (intentional or unintentional) || Orgasm denial || Hate sex || Object insertion (vaginal only) || Nipple play || Spanking || Vaginal fisting DNW: Unrequested on-screen character death || Unprompted crossovers or fusions || Levels of violence that are graphic or extreme beyond canon || Unrequested non-con (dub-con or non-con in requested scenarios is A-OK) || Brainwashing/mental horror || Focus on unrequested pairings || Breathplay || Anal sex || Homophobia || Focus on the breakup of canon relationships (please just say it didn't work out or it never happened; don't make a Big Thing about it) || Poetry I am open to treats. Please see my letter for specific thoughts and prompts!
Request 3 by saiditallbefore Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League Characters: Lian Harper (Cheetah and Cheshire), Barbara Minerva (Cheetah and Cheshire), Jade Nguyen (Cheetah and Cheshire) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form
Likes: Femslash || Competency (being really good at Their Thing) || Outsider POV || Hurt/Comfort || Friends-to-Lovers || Enemies-to-Lovers || Families of Choice || Angst with a happy ending || Pretend dating or secretly dating || Happy or happy-for-now endings || Heists || Language barriers || Timeloops || Loyalty kink || Stranded together/forced to work together || Arranged marriage/political marriage/marriage of convenience || Stargazing || Kissing in the rain || Character studies and relationship studies || Genderbending male characters to female (of the "always a girl" variety) || Bondage || Phone sex || Dom/sub || Cunnilingus || Pain mixed with pleasure (intentional or unintentional) || Orgasm denial || Hate sex || Object insertion (vaginal only) || Nipple play || Spanking || Vaginal fisting DNW: Unrequested on-screen character death || Unprompted crossovers or fusions || Levels of violence that are graphic or extreme beyond canon || Unrequested non-con (dub-con or non-con in requested scenarios is A-OK) || Brainwashing/mental horror || Focus on unrequested pairings || Breathplay || Anal sex || Homophobia || Focus on the breakup of canon relationships (please just say it didn't work out or it never happened; don't make a Big Thing about it) || Poetry I am open to treats. Please see my letter for specific thoughts and prompts!
Request 4 by saiditallbefore Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (Comics) Characters: Chelli Lona Aphra (Star Wars: Doctor Aphra) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Likes: Femslash || Competency (being really good at Their Thing) || Outsider POV || Hurt/Comfort || Friends-to-Lovers || Enemies-to-Lovers || Families of Choice || Angst with a happy ending || Pretend dating or secretly dating || Happy or happy-for-now endings || Heists || Language barriers || Timeloops || Loyalty kink || Stranded together/forced to work together || Arranged marriage/political marriage/marriage of convenience || Stargazing || Kissing in the rain || Character studies and relationship studies || Genderbending male characters to female (of the "always a girl" variety) || Bondage || Phone sex || Dom/sub || Cunnilingus || Pain mixed with pleasure (intentional or unintentional) || Orgasm denial || Hate sex || Object insertion (vaginal only) || Nipple play || Spanking || Vaginal fisting DNW: Unrequested on-screen character death || Unprompted crossovers or fusions || Levels of violence that are graphic or extreme beyond canon || Unrequested non-con (dub-con or non-con in requested scenarios is A-OK) || Brainwashing/mental horror || Focus on unrequested pairings || Breathplay || Anal sex || Homophobia || Focus on the breakup of canon relationships (please just say it didn't work out or it never happened; don't make a Big Thing about it) || Poetry I am open to treats. Please see my letter for specific thoughts and prompts!
Letter: https://saiditallbefore.dreamwidth.org/2025/10/23/ PH #200: DC vs. Vampires (DC Comics), No I'm not a Human (Video Game), Dread Weight (Video Game), The Troop - Nick Cutter Request 1 by sarriathmg DC vs. Vampires (DC Comics) Characters: Dick Grayson (DC vs. Vampires), Koriand'r (DC vs. Vampires), Jason Todd (DC vs. Vampires), Hal Jordan (DC vs. Vampires) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form
DC DNW:- Dick whump, hurt!Dick, comparing Dick’s trauma to Jason’s as if they’re equal (no mentioning Catalina, no implying that Dick's heart stopping in Forever Evil is equivalent to Jason's death etc.) - Tim whump, hurt!Tim, mentions of Titan's Tower incident, implying Tim is a victim of any sort (when in doubt just don't write him) - / ships for solo Jason (other than childhood noncon, Dick/Jay, and background canon ships) - purely platonic Dick & Jay (“will they won’t they,” pre-slash both fine, but if they’re not shipped together I’d rather Dick be mean to Jason) - reverse Robins or AUs where Jason and Dick's age difference is shortened significantly or reversed (if topic comes up Dick being 3+ yrs older is fine, but preferably their canon 6+ yrs) - top!Jason, Jason being the only one who smokes or swears, Jason characterized as "illiterate/dumb" - bottom Dick (when penetration is concerned, however oral is fine no matter who's receiving), sub/"subby" Dick - Jason having facial scars or crooked features - Jason being described as overly bulky or "big" (especially if he's Robin or pre/without Lazarus pit, then he should stay small) - Dick being described as physically small or thin or weak or "feminine", exaggerating Dick and Jason's body size difference - (if A/B/O) Dick being anything other than alpha - Dick being characterized as a ray of sunshine, a self-sacrificing martyr, or is unsure and lacking self-confidence - side/implied/potential pairings involving Dick unless it's clear he's the top and the "leading party" of that relationship; no side/past/potential Sladick - Dick Grayson having prey features for animal features AUs - Romani Dick - focusing on Dick's ass, ass jokes DNW-general:- discussing "social issues" (gender politics, racism etc.) - Unrequested gender swap - unrequested trans/ace headcanons - Non-con when the victim stays unaroused (fine if orgasm/arousal is forced) - Permanent non-canon character death or injury/mutilation for requested ships (fine for unrequested chars, for example feel free to kill off Bruce if he isn't requested) - race change from canon (except Romani!Dick, which is a dnw) - Raceplay - xeno pronouns (“they/them” = great; “it/its” = great in a dehumanization/degradation context or to show how inhuman a character is; “xe/ze” = not these please) - Spitting in mouth - vomit kink - weight gain - food used in sex (things like hand feeding as a part of D/s relationship is fine, but no food going near places other than hands and mouth please) - Religion being discussed as a major philosophical topic while presenting it as unironically positive (religious fanaticism/piety as character trait/period-typical religion is fine, just not the narration itself being "preachy"). Treats are welcome! Dick with Jason, Hal, or Kory. Dick is the only required character, but I definitely don't mind more characters added as long as I get the sexy evil vampire Nightwing I crave. (Dick with his harem of willing and unwilling thralls? YES PLEASE) Vampire King Dick is the best thing ever. He's so evil and ruthless and I just want to see him fuck everyone up and laugh while drinking their loved ones' blood out of a cup while sadistically taunting them. Tell me there wasn't sexual tension when he had dying Jason at his mercy and pulled off his mask, or a huge D/s undertone in his Lord/Lieutenant relationship with Hal. Or the part where he implied having Kory as a prisoner while using her blood as a temporary "cure" for signs of vampirism. Just want to see Dick as a dominant, totally remorseless vampire villain who you want to hate but also can't help but be enthralled by because "sexy vampires" and stuff. Kinda into any kind of kinky scenario where Dick keeps Jason or Kory prisoner as unturned blood cows/sex toys, or Hal being a good little submissive vampire servant, or Jason being a good little submissive vampire servant in a world where Dick turns him. Of course if shippy/NSFW isn't your thing I'm just really into Dick being a demanding vampire lord in general so him basically commanding Jason or Hal or keeping Kory as a prisoner with heavy seductive undertones would be awesome too. Evil Dick and top Dick (if you want to go shippy at all) only please. I have a huge squick with fanon's obsession with whumping Dick Grayson and bottom Dick so that's the only thing I ask. That includes things like typically OOC "bottom" traits (see DNW breakdown). Also, Jason is my blorbo so if you're writing him, please don't write him as ugly or dumb or "always bad" (turning bad from vampirism is very good however!).
Request 2 by sarriathmg No I'm not a Human (Video Game) Characters: Protagonist (No I'm not a Human), Widowed Woman (No I'm not a Human), Neighbor's Daughter (No I'm not a Human) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form
DNW-general:- Unrequested gender swap - unrequested trans/ace headcanons - race change from canon - Raceplay - xeno pronouns (“they/them” = great; “it/its” = great in a dehumanization/degradation context or to show how inhuman a character is; “xe/ze” = not these please) - Spitting in mouth - vomit kink - weight gain - food used in sex (things like hand feeding as a part of D/s relationship is fine, but no food going near places other than hands and mouth please) Would love worldbuilding or something that tells me more about the characters. The full game gave us a lot of info on what exactly caused the visitors, but there’s still a lot we don’t know. Why is the pale man so in control while the cashier girl so lost? Are there different kinds of visitors? Are the visitors caused by fungus or the bug in the ears? Are they revived from the dead? Are some of them more “original” or “powerful” than the others? Do they really wear human skin (other than the pale man, the old granny also has a face that droops the longer you speak to her)? And how do the sun and FEMA play into all of this? Are the visitors like vampires—risen from the dead, can’t enter without an invitation, and anyone can become one? You don’t have to include all the requested characters, but please include the Protagonist. The protagonist—his backstory is so intriguing. I want to know more. I want to know why he’s the way he is—lonely and borderline suicidal, but has to learn to open his heart for his guests. One thing the game really left me wanting is that there isn’t a single ending that’s objectively “good.” No… I didn’t really like the death ending in which we assume the Protagonist just… died. I’d love to see your take on a “good ending” in which the Protagonist not only survives but… is grateful that he does. Maybe with some of the guests being his found family. Perhaps he ends up fulfilling the neighbor’s last wish and adopts his daughter (damaged man reluctantly adopting an orphaned child is one of my all-time favorite tropes!). Or forming a bond with the widow and raising the neighbor’s daughter with her? Other guests—not all listed, but I’d also love to learn more about any of the other guests that you find interesting. I also find the demon baby ending really creepy and would love the backstory of the seductive woman and the cult. Since only a few characters have canonical names, I’d love for you to come up with names for characters who don’t, but would prefer them to be other Eastern European names to fit with the setting.
Request 3 by sarriathmg Dread Weight (Video Game) Characters: Kurt (Dread Weight), Dimitri (Dread Weight), Protagonist (Dread Weight) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form
DNW-general:- real-life politics (for this canon, it's fine to touch on politics, but if you do, I prefer that you either don't mention specific historical leaders' names or events, or just make up fictional names for them) - Unrequested gender swap - unrequested trans/ace headcanons - Non-con when the victim stays unaroused (fine if orgasm/arousal is forced) - Permanent non-canon character death or injury/mutilation for requested ships - race change from canon - Raceplay - xeno pronouns (“they/them” = great; “it/its” = great in a dehumanization/degradation context or to show how inhuman a character is; “xe/ze” = not these please) - Spitting in mouth - vomit kink - weight gain - food used in sex (things like hand feeding as a part of D/s relationship is fine, but no food going near places other than hands and mouth please) Can be Dimitri &/ Kurt; Dimitri &/ Protagonist; Kurt &/ Protagonist; OR Dimitri &/ Kurt &/ Protagonist. I'd really really love for this to be either romantic, sexual, or something similar, no matter which character group you're picking. But if that's really not your thing, that's fine, I just really want to see these characters! I have a slight preference for plot focus rather than platonic relationship focus if romance/smut is off the table. I'll admit, I haven't played the game hands-on, only watched numerous playthrough videos of it. I think I've seen all the routes, however, so I should understand whichever detail you want to focus on. What I like about the relationships from this game is that... they're all kinda fucked up? Kurt's manipulation of everyone around him; Dimitri being a doctor who wants to do good but is inexcusable in enabling Kurt's evil deeds (possibly blinded by love?); the Protagonist being the player character connecting the most with us but ends up revealing as an enforcer of a tyrannical regime... Messy feelings and fucked up power dynamics all around!!! Kurt keeping Dimitri by his side using sweet talk but holds unspoken power over him; Kurt being all around creepy and fucked up with Protagonist when she lost her memories (I think the whole non-consensual mind/body modification alone is a HUGE assault on someone's person); Dimitri trauma bonding with the Protagonist over Kurt's manipulations... Or put them together, have Dimitri bonding with Protagonist only for Kurt to discover them and punish them both, or let Kurt be at their mercy. Going darker: Kurt forcing them into doing things they aren't comfortable with as punishment, or something with an unbalanced V-type relationship where Kurt clearly prefers one of them but keeps the other around anyway just to be cruel. Other random ideas: - anything similar to the Dimitri ending (possibly without the deaths?) where they successfully run away together (whether in a romantic way or not) - I kept having thoughts about Kurt sexually assaulting the protagonist what with undressing in front of her and sleeping in her bed... but I'd also love to see more of the Anime-esque "bastard boyfriend" trope where he essentially tortures her (traps her in a toxic relationship) even though he's written as the pretty boy male love interest stereotype - Kurt and Dimitri's backstory, how they got together, etc. I see their relationship being a bit more consensual than the above, but I will never say no to noncon either, especially with how fucked up Kurt is. - Kurt arrested by Protagonist ending: the potential ramifications of that. Also I get really excited thinking about a Protagonist with her memories back giving Kurt a taste of his own medicine. Her torturing Kurt (whether in a kinky way or not) for information or for what he'd done would be great, as does a wider look at the people she works for and the attempt at recreating Kurt's brand of immortality - something gen (or not so gen) horror involving Kurt's fate or Dimitri crawling inside the mansion walls would be GREAT For Protagonist (if you're including her), I'm fine with any OC name you want to give her as long as it's reasonably believable for a female character with an Eastern European-esque background. I'm also fine with either second or third-person narration with her as long as it's not literally readerfic (no stuff like y/n or deliberating involving the reader, just treat her as her own character please.)
Request 4 by sarriathmg The Troop - Nick Cutter Characters: Newton Thornton (The Troop - Nick Cutter), Max Kirkwood (The Troop - Nick Cutter) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
DNW-general:- underage human/human sex for this canon (parasitic erotic horror involving underage characters, with canon-typical body horror elements, is welcome for this canon! eg. mpreg with worms) - discussing "social issues" (gender politics, racism etc.) - Unrequested gender swap - unrequested trans/ace headcanons - race change from canon - xeno pronouns (“they/them” = great; “it/its” = great in a dehumanization/degradation context or to show how inhuman a character is; “xe/ze” = not these please) - food used in sex (things like hand feeding as a part of D/s relationship is fine, but no food going near places other than hands and mouth please) - Religion being discussed as a major philosophical topic while presenting it as unironically positive (religious fanaticism/piety as character trait/period-typical religion is fine, just not the narration itself being "preachy"). I’m a sucker for stories where the trauma that characters face is treated with care. The middle of the book nearly lost me, but the ending pulled me back full force! Damn! I was hoping for Newton to survive, but I can’t complain that it ended up being Max. The chapter dedicated to his lasting trauma is sad but so well done that I can even forgive the turtle scene. I really want to see some form of happy ending where both boys survive and grow into adulthood, or just anything that’s less sad than the canon ending. And what about the aftermath? How would Newton corroborate with Max’s version of events? How would the parents cope? Would the two surviving boys form some kind of a trauma bond? Max/Newton is just as good as Max & Newton, so gimme shippy or gen content, I love them both! I also love dark shit and the body horror of this book, especially when the worms are making Shelley believe that he’s pregnant and must now protect his “babies.” That’s both fucked up and has a… strange erotic undertone that makes you kinda uncomfortable. I love body horror, especially the type when a foreign parasitic entity is rewiring someone’s brain or modifying their body, severing their identity and making them into tools for the entity’s procreation. I like Shelley’s psychopathic creepiness as well as the scifi horror of the worms. Gimme something creepy, if you’d like! I’d love to see whump in which Shelley gets his hands (or the worms make him get his hands) on Max or Newton or both. Torturing them or making them into hosts just like Shelley. No happy ending is required for this, especially if you want to fully embrace the horror!
CLAIMED - PH #208: Eastern Promises (2007), Kindred: The Embraced, Coriolanus (2011), Amadeus (1984), Sicario (Movies) Request 1 by saturnina Eastern Promises (2007) Characters: Anna Khitrova, Nikolai Luzhin My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Hi there, thank you so much for writing me a fic! I hope the information below will help you in your creative process. I am generally very open about my requests so don't let the optional details shackle you. Just mind the DNWs. TREATS ARE WELCOME! LIKES: Angst (both light and heavy) • Hurt and comfort (any type) • Forced proximity • Pining • Banter • First times (meeting, kiss, sex etc.) • Character studies and introspection • Mildly dark fics (just mind the DNWs) • Sexual/Emotional Tension (Resolved and Unresolved) • Mild D/s dynamics (can be non-sexual) • Possessive behaviour • Canon divergence and Fix-It • Prequels to canon • Missing Scenes • Enemies to friends to lovers (doesn't have to follow this order) • Falling in love/lust unexpectedly • Slow burn • Conflicting/ambiguous desires (love but hates, wants but can’t have, etc.) DNWs: Rape and violent sex (dub-con is 100% fine though) • Gore, vore, snuff, scat, necrophilia • Graphic canon-atypical violence/torture (mentions of it are perfectly fine if it's a canon-typical element, just don’t make it the centrepiece) • AUs in general, aside from canon divergence and fix-it • Underage (keep it 17yo+) • Character bashing Character Exceptions & Optional Details: I love Eastern Promises! Nikolai is such an intriguing character, there is just so much about him we… don't know. I also love the way his and Anna’s connection develops, even though it never becomes fully romantic in the film. So any story exploring their relationship, either canon compliant, post-canon or divergent AU, are welcome. I personally love shippy fics, but you are free to make it Gen if it makes more sense to you. Regarding Kirill, you can definitely add him to the story if you want, as long as it doesn’t focus too much on him.
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Request 2 by saturnina Kindred: The Embraced Characters: Julian Luna, Frank Kohanek My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Hi there, thank you so much for writing me a fic! I hope the information below will help you in your creative process. I am generally very open about my requests so don't let the optional details shackle you. Just mind the DNWs. TREATS ARE WELCOME! LIKES: Angst (both light and heavy) • Hurt and comfort (any type) • Forced proximity • Pining • Banter • First times (meeting, kiss, sex etc.) • Character studies and introspection • Mildly dark fics (just mind the DNWs) • Sexual/Emotional Tension (Resolved and Unresolved) • Mild D/s dynamics (can be non-sexual) • Possessive behaviour • Canon divergence and Fix-It • Prequels to canon • Missing Scenes • Enemies to friends to lovers (doesn't have to follow this order) • Falling in love/lust unexpectedly • Slow burn • Conflicting/ambiguous desires (love but hates, wants but can’t have, etc.) DNWs: Rape and violent sex (dub-con is 100% fine though) • Gore, vore, snuff, scat, necrophilia • Graphic canon-atypical violence/torture (mentions of it are perfectly fine if it's a canon-typical element, just don’t make it the centrepiece) • AUs in general, aside from canon divergence and fix-it • Underage (keep it 17yo+) • Character bashing Character Exceptions & Optional Details: I re-watched Kindred: The Embraced this year and I felt like Frank and Julian’s relationship never really got the deepening it deserved. I mean… they interact in the first episodes, come to an agreement (something that sort of defies The Masquerade, right?), Julian actually puts Kohanek under his protection and after that… not much else happens between them. So I’d love a fic that could fill in the gaps, or expand the canon in this regard. I like shippy, but non-shippy is just as good. Ah, and because it involves vampires, bloodplay is fine too.
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Request 3 by saturnina Coriolanus (2011) Characters: Tullus Aufidius (Coriolanus 2011), Caius Martius | Coriolanus (Coriolanus 2011) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Hi there, thank you so much for writing me a fic! I hope the information below will help you in your creative process. I am generally very open about my requests so don't let the optional details shackle you. Just mind the DNWs. TREATS ARE WELCOME! LIKES: Angst (both light and heavy) • Hurt and comfort (any type) • Forced proximity • Pining • Banter • First times (meeting, kiss, sex etc.) • Character studies and introspection • Mildly dark fics (just mind the DNWs) • Sexual/Emotional Tension (Resolved and Unresolved) • Mild D/s dynamics (can be non-sexual) • Possessive behaviour • Canon divergence and Fix-It • Prequels to canon • Missing Scenes • Enemies to friends to lovers (doesn't have to follow this order) • Falling in love/lust unexpectedly • Slow burn • Conflicting/ambiguous desires (love but hates, wants but can’t have, etc.) DNWs: Rape and violent sex (dub-con is 100% fine though) • Gore, vore, snuff, scat, necrophilia • Graphic canon-atypical violence/torture (mentions of it are perfectly fine if it's a canon-typical element, just don’t make it the centrepiece) • AUs in general, aside from canon divergence and fix-it • Underage (keep it 17yo+) • Character bashing Character Exceptions & Optional Details: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler and Shakespearean tragedy. What more can we ask for? I love the modern twist this film gave to the Shakespeare's original play and now I want more of Aufidius & Coriolanus together. Anything goes (I'm all in for shippy, or whatever it can possibly be for these two), really, just avoid the DNWs. By the way, you can take elements from the original play if you like, but I prefer that the fic focuses on the movie-verse.
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Request 4 by saturnina Amadeus (1984) Characters: Antonio Salieri (Amadeus), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Amadeus 1984) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Hi there, thank you so much for writing me a fic! I hope the information below will help you in your creative process. I am generally very open about my requests so don't let the optional details shackle you. Just mind the DNWs. TREATS ARE WELCOME! LIKES: Angst (both light and heavy) • Hurt and comfort (any type) • Forced proximity • Pining • Banter • First times (meeting, kiss, sex etc.) • Character studies and introspection • Mildly dark fics (just mind the DNWs) • Sexual/Emotional Tension (Resolved and Unresolved) • Mild D/s dynamics (can be non-sexual) • Possessive behaviour • Canon divergence and Fix-It • Prequels to canon • Missing Scenes • Enemies to friends to lovers (doesn't have to follow this order) • Falling in love/lust unexpectedly • Slow burn • Conflicting/ambiguous desires (love but hates, wants but can’t have, etc.) DNWs: Rape and violent sex (dub-con is 100% fine though) • Gore, vore, snuff, scat, necrophilia • Graphic canon-atypical violence/torture (mentions of it are perfectly fine if it's a canon-typical element, just don’t make it the centrepiece) • AUs in general, aside from canon divergence and fix-it • Underage (keep it 17yo+) • Character bashing Character Exceptions & Optional Details: I just love Amadeus, and anything that expores Wolfie and Salieri's complicated dynamic is welcome. I won't lie, I love them as a pairing, from the most AU-ish fluff to hatesex. I especially love the idea that Salieri's love language is jealousy, and also of Wolfie giving him trouble and testing his patience. Whump!Mozart having to rely on Salieri is also a nice one. Or Salieri actually missing Mozart after he's gone (or some afterlife interaction). Anyway, feel free to explore it as you wish. Is pairing is a big no-no for you, a Gen fic is just fine!
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Request 5 by saturnina Sicario (Movies) Characters: Alejandro Gillick, Matt Graver My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Hi there, thank you so much for writing me a fic! I hope the information below will help you in your creative process. I am generally very open about my requests so don't let the optional details shackle you. Just mind the DNWs. TREATS ARE WELCOME! LIKES: Angst (both light and heavy) • Hurt and comfort (any type) • Forced proximity • Pining • Banter • First times (meeting, kiss, sex etc.) • Character studies and introspection • Mildly dark fics (just mind the DNWs) • Sexual/Emotional Tension (Resolved and Unresolved) • Mild D/s dynamics (can be non-sexual) • Possessive behaviour • Canon divergence and Fix-It • Prequels to canon • Missing Scenes • Enemies to friends to lovers (doesn't have to follow this order) • Falling in love/lust unexpectedly • Slow burn • Conflicting/ambiguous desires (love but hates, wants but can’t have, etc.) DNWs: Rape and violent sex (dub-con is 100% fine though) • Gore, vore, snuff, scat, necrophilia • Graphic canon-atypical violence/torture (mentions of it are perfectly fine if it's a canon-typical element, just don’t make it the centrepiece) • AUs in general, aside from canon divergence and fix-it • Underage (keep it 17yo+) • Character bashing Character Exceptions & Optional Details: This is another film I love and when it comes to Alejandro and Matt… anything goes for me! Shippy or not shippy, I would love to see more of their dynamic, the strange friendship (?) between them. Feel free to explore back stories, missing scenes, character study, after-canon possibilities… You can focus on any of the two films as well. If you want to include Kate (from the first film), that’s alright too because I really like her character, as long as the focus is on Matt and Alejandro’s… thing. Whatever that thing might be. I understand the films are very violent and it’s ok to include it in the story as long as it’s not too graphic (like, really gorey descriptions). Shippy is always a plus but never a must.
CLAIMED - PH #211: พิพิธภัณฑ์รัตติกาล | Midnight Museum (TV), PEBACA Concert RPF, Gåsmamman (TV), Young Royals (TV 2021) RPF, Warchild Series - Karin Lowachee Request 1 by phnelt พิพิธภัณฑ์รัตติกาล | Midnight Museum (TV) Characters: Khatha (Midnight Museum) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
This show was bananananas and I love it. Every episode a wilder explanation of what was going on than the last. I've requested Khatha alone because I'm fascinated by him but I'd love a fic that includes Chan or Dome, or if you wanted, Boon. The Boon Khatha Chan love triangle is very juicy and the idea that they've both just been living in the world, both trying to live up to Chan's legacy, is a lot. What I liked best about the show is the strong interpersonal relationships and the really cool worldbuilding and I'd love to see more of that. I'm a believer that when Khatha asked Chan to be brothers he was doing a romantic confession and using the strongest language he could, like saying hey I want to be bonded forever. Anything that talks about their relationship and its legacy would be really cool Prompts: - Immortal Khatha training montage! We know that he heals when he's on museum ground, how did he figure that out? I'm also presuming he did a Bruce Wayne style travel the world and learn all about cursed artifacts and also learn languages and martial arts and stuff. All of that would be cool to read about - Chan and Khatha and their years together before Chan got into the village healing business. Just the two outcasts against the world. Sweet times of them swimming in lakes and making out under waterfalls, pointing out constellations. And difficult moments of them avoiding others, figuring out food. Anything about them during that time - Post-canon Khatha and Dome. He went through time and space to find him, we need that sequel. How do they get back? Do they get back. Are they both immortal beings with cosmic powers? Maybe it's a historical fic set during wwii with them trying to avoid getting discovered but getting entangled in things anyway - love a reluctant hero situation. Maybe they get back to the future and its about them re-learning each other and taking down Boon. - Khatha/Chan/Dome. How does it happen? Dealer's choice. Maybe there's more time shenanigans, maybe Chan didn't really die to break the curse and he's just about, maybe they hop a dimension who knows, this canon allows for many possibilities. I just think it would be SO fraught and sexy. Dome who hasn't been betrayed and his honest love, Chan with the knowledge of Khatha and the complexity and the devotion, and Khatha who presumably is the most turned on a person could possibly be and ALSO has angst and stuff. Bonus if Khatha is worried that he's projecting his feelings about Chan onto Dome and then this threesome teaches him that he really, really isn't - sex! magic! This canon needs so many sex magic fics. Where's the fuck or die pollen, where's the possessed locket that forces proximity until they have sex. Please write me an elaborate sex ritual that has to be done to uncurse an artifact. Ooh maybe it needs a virgin and Dome is the only one. We had Dome tied to a table and no one had a dubconny orgasm out of it, this is a crime. Maybe it's part of Khatha's training montage where he has to learn the various sex arcane techniques... maybe he has to teach them to someone else DNWs: choking | sex, kink play, strong pda in front of family members or children | pet play | kinks involving bodily fluids other than spit or semen | size shaming or humiliation play abt that | daddy kink | extended kink negotiation | world changing AUs (canon divergence is fine) | referring to Khaotung as Khao | unrequested identity headcanons | poly where a couple adds a third (any relationship where the phrase 'we want to date you' could be applied) | age regression/de-aging | vampires, serial killers, assassins, etc. | family members shipping other family members | incest | cops | deadnaming | CEOs, ceo fantasies | ex bashing | shovel talks
Request 2 by phnelt PEBACA Concert RPF Characters: Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat (PEBACA Concert RPF) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I'm happy to feature a story about Gun alone or in a ship. I like OffGun, TayGun, and OffGunTay. If you want to include New, Krist, Singto or any other GMM members, please feel free!
OffGun prompts: - fic centred on Off's breakup with Mook. What did that do to the dynamic? Also Gun is in interviews saying he was having a hard time with people gossiping about him, I'd be interested in seeing that explored - I love the narrative of Off opening up to Gun so anything about that. A moment where Off decided to change, 5x Gun reached for Off and 1x Off did, a time when Gun thought about ending their CP - Gun being anxious or nervous at events and how Off has a routine for him or a system or whatever I just love knowledge and intimacy and being partners - so Off was different in private with Gun... let's take that all the way. Prompt where they're hooking up but in public Off acts like Gun's touch is a burden AND they're having to perform boyfriendness. You cannot go too angsty with this, I loved theory of love, I like only friends, I wanna be miserable. Or funny if you prefer! But just the various mental loop de loops going on. Eventual happy ending pls pls - Off and Gun covering for each other's secret dating lives. Maybe they make alibis for each other? And then Off realises actually, maybe he doesn't want to be keeping track of Gun's dating life to help cover it maybe he'd like to be part of that dating life! - Off needing comfort after the big scene where Black beats up Sean, maybe him dealing with how hard it was for someone with Gun's face to look at him like that - Off getting character bleed from playing Rome during Our Skyy and dealing with how he looks at Gun differently now - the first time Gun called Off Papii and how he reacted - 5 secret gestures they use to communicate in public
TayGun are sooooo 😵 They need to be snuggling or they will perish. I love how whipped Tay is. Like he was roasting Off's bag and then Gun said actually that's my bag and Tay IMMEDIATELY said oh that's a cute bag. Like oh my god. They've known each other almost as long as Off has known Gun, Tay was there at the dedication ceremony for Puppy Honey and Kiss the Series. Things about TayGun that are very juicy to me - Off and Tay were roommates and really close friends. The idea of introducing your friend to your fake boyfriend and then them becoming real boyfriends... the emotional experience of your friend realising they like someone else more than you... the tension of the fake boyfriend v secret real boyfriend + friendship. But it's good, isn't it? To have everything be tangled up in people you like and trust already - The way when people were hashtagging KristGun Krist basically stopped being in frame with Gun but when people called out Tay for snuggling with Gun he was like SHUT UP IM GONNA HUG HIM HARDER - the way Gun and Tay are magnetically connected to each other - Gun going to visit Tay's grandma and sitting and hanging out with her for hours - Tay participating in the shipping of OffGun. Most of the 'best' OffGun moments were documented by Tay. The idea of a romantic partner supporting their babe's career by framing them as romantic with someone else - PET - WHEN IM PET I HAVE TO DO WHAT HE SAYS - IM PRETTY SURE HE LET GUN BE OWNER WHENEVER HE WANTED - Tay reads self-help books and instagrams Sarah McLachlan lyrics and Gun goes out and pops his pussy every Saturday, their mixture of vibes DNWs: choking | sex, kink play, strong pda in front of family members or children | pet play | kinks involving bodily fluids other than spit or semen | size shaming or humiliation play abt that | daddy kink | extended kink negotiation | world changing AUs (canon divergence is fine) | referring to Khaotung as Khao | unrequested identity headcanons | poly where a couple adds a third (any relationship where the phrase 'we want to date you' could be applied) | age regression/de-aging | vampires, serial killers, assassins, etc. | family members shipping other family members | incest | cops | deadnaming | CEOs, ceo fantasies | ex bashing | shovel talks
Request 3 by phnelt Gåsmamman (TV) Characters: Linus Ek My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
I've seen epilogen pt 2! I'm happy to receive fic about Linus and any of the other nominated characters but I'm particularly interested in Tanja. I'm really sad she died! I think their relationship was so interesting. I'm especially interested in a scenario where she survived and was hiding out in that house in s6 while they were under siege. The other partners were like this is messed up!! and scary!!! and I just think Tanja would have had a different perspective on that. She's been in that world longer and is no questions ride or die for the dangerous things Linus was doing. I'd love to see her have an in-law dinner with Sonja. I'm also interested in his relationship with Emil, the kind of honorary uncle who is like pleeeeeeease stop doing crimes. Especially in some of those earlier periods; like Linus totally stole that scooter and Emil was like he's a good kid let him off. Like what was going on with them. Man is so beleagured. And after Linus stopped trusting the family (but still showed up) he clearly still trusted Emil. Aside from that, I'd like anything about Linus. He has the worst time in that show--and that's tough competition considering everything that happens. I'm happy to see that continue. Or give him a nice day. DNWs: choking | sex, kink play, strong pda in front of family members or children | pet play | kinks involving bodily fluids other than spit or semen | size shaming or humiliation play abt that | daddy kink | extended kink negotiation | world changing AUs (canon divergence is fine) | referring to Khaotung as Khao | unrequested identity headcanons | poly where a couple adds a third (any relationship where the phrase 'we want to date you' could be applied) | age regression/de-aging | vampires, serial killers, assassins, etc. | family members shipping other family members | incest | cops | deadnaming | CEOs, ceo fantasies | ex bashing | shovel talks
Request 4 by phnelt Young Royals (TV 2021) RPF Characters: Edvin Ryding (Young Royals RPF), Omar Rudberg (Young Royals RPF) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
London rewired my brain and I ship them. I have written for them on my ao3 as Rioana if you are curious to some of my takes. What I love about Edmar is the way they take turns supporting each other in different areas. Edvin helped Omar be comfortable acting on camera, Omar helped Edvin learn to navigate fame, Edvin learned from Omar about running a business, now Edvin supports Omar in that business (that they CO-OWN). They are both incredible in their spheres and still growing! And they'll always be the guys that got famous together; that's an incredible bond. No one can know what that was like but them. I love that being in YR helped Omar feel more comfortable expressing himself and his sexuality, especially after feeling internalised shame and struggling with it for ages. I'd be interested in seeing that more explored. In general, I would prefer if Edvin didn't fall into a clueless straight boy trope. Prompts: - navigating long distance. They're both all over the map (literal) how do they connect with each other? Feel free to take this angsty or sweet - 5 joint vacations edmar went on - similar vein, 5 major accomplishments they supported each other in (edvin's first oscar, omar's first arena show, let's get omar that EGOT) - songwriting session with Edvin hanging out and soaking it up - BEACH TRIP. let's get omar in the OCEAN - i always say that one day they'll be like ian mckellan and patrick stewart and still besties in their 70s so like gimme that old man hang, has omar learned how to take a shot yet DNWs: choking | sex, kink play, strong pda in front of family members or children | pet play | kinks involving bodily fluids other than spit or semen | size shaming or humiliation play abt that | daddy kink | extended kink negotiation | world changing AUs (canon divergence is fine) | referring to Khaotung as Khao | unrequested identity headcanons | poly where a couple adds a third (any relationship where the phrase 'we want to date you' could be applied) | age regression/de-aging | vampires, serial killers, assassins, etc. | family members shipping other family members | incest | cops | deadnaming | CEOs, ceo fantasies | ex bashing | shovel talks
Request 5 by phnelt Warchild Series - Karin Lowachee Characters: Jos Musey, Evan D'Silva My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
otp of my LIFE. They are homeship to each other. Evan tried to stay behind with Jos. Jos is ready at all times to defend Evan with his life. I have not and will never be normal about their level of devotion and codependency. prompts: - Any whump scenario where Evan is in danger and Jos saves him. Die Hard scenario where the negotiation meeting they're at gets taken hostage and Jos crawls through the vents to rescue him. Evan gets kidnapped for leverage against Jos and Jos is like I have a particular set of skills, I will find you and I will kill you. There's a jet hazing ritual of some kind and jos goes ballistic. I've always regretted so much that we never got the scene in warchild where Jos goes and finds the jets who beat up Evan and ruins their day i want it x1000. Bonus points if afterwards Evan washes the blood out of Jos' knuckles - station shoreleave where they get a whole bunch of random street vendor food to try. just like uncomplicated joy and fun and both of them being able to be open with each other in a way they can't with others and sharing reference points - you know that scene where even sleeps with a stressed out jos and then jos freaks out later? what if they get to the place where they both like the nighttime bunkmate sleeping together thing. maybe evan has nightmares - listen. if you're up for some increased intimacy between them i am also. i think they could both do with some being treated with care and recontextualising their bodies. esp since the newer novellas have jos doing some kissing when it comes to Ryan, I'm happy ignoring anything that isn't in the main trilogy, or having him on the side, or as a friend. If you can make some convoluted proxy fucking thing work too I'm fine with that as well, but I'd prefer a fic that focuses on Jos and Evan. DNWs: choking | sex, kink play, strong pda in front of family members or children | pet play | kinks involving bodily fluids other than spit or semen | size shaming or humiliation play abt that | daddy kink | extended kink negotiation | world changing AUs (canon divergence is fine) | unrequested identity headcanons | poly where a couple adds a third (any relationship where the phrase 'we want to date you' could be applied) | age regression/de-aging | vampires, serial killers, assassins, etc. | family members shipping other family members | incest | cops | deadnaming | CEOs, ceo fantasies | ex bashing | shovel talks
Letter: https://phnelt.dreamwidth.org/33297.html CLAIMED - PH #212: 黑社會 | Election (Movies), Flight of the Intruder (1991), See No Evil Hear No Evil (1989) Request 1 by galerian_ash 黑社會 | Election (Movies) Characters: Jimmy Lee (Election Movies), Fei Gei | Jet (Election Movies) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Please see my letter for details! ♥ DNWs: Anything sad involving animals (death, cruelty, etc.), requested characters dying or getting a serious illness, infidelity, polyamory, open relationships, crossovers, AUs, meta, crack, focus on social/religious/political issues, mentions of kidneys or seizures.
Request 2 by galerian_ash Flight of the Intruder (1991) Characters: Jake Grafton, Virgil Cole (Flight of the Intruder) My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Please see my letter for details! ♥ DNWs: Anything sad involving animals (death, cruelty, etc.), requested characters dying or getting a serious illness, infidelity, polyamory, open relationships, crossovers, AUs, meta, crack, focus on social/religious/political issues, mentions of kidneys or seizures.
Request 3 by galerian_ash See No Evil Hear No Evil (1989) Characters: David Lyons (See No Evil Hear No Evil), Wally Karew My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Please see my letter for details! ♥ DNWs: Anything sad involving animals (death, cruelty, etc.), requested characters dying or getting a serious illness, infidelity, polyamory, open relationships, crossovers, AUs, meta, crack, focus on social/religious/political issues, mentions of kidneys or seizures.
…not actually a full-on review post, I just couldn’t think of a pithier title, when the actual subject is:
The weird experience of reading/watching two different things right in a row that both went “btw, Hell is official canon here, people are actively being tortured, ok moving on, none of our heroes are gonna have any concern about that ever again.”
One was the recent movie Genie, where, yeah, it was a throwaway gag. And the movie overall was one of those “MC gets infinite wishes, never even thinks to drop by the nearest hospital and start wishing cures on people” stories. So you can’t expect much.
(MC does wish for his greedy boss’s fortune to be donated to a housing nonprofit! I was delighted when that came up! Then…he time-travels and retcons it, and never re-wishes it. Whyyy.)
But still! This happens:
Careless statement of “I wish you would go to hell”
(This part is fine, it’s a genie story, gotta get in a valuable lesson about being careful what you wish for)
Hasty “I wish he would come back from hell!”
Victim reappears, sooty and singed, understandably ticked off
So now we know some form of eternal flaming torment is real, AND there’s no foolproof filter on who goes there, AND your genie pal has the power to free people from it
None of this is ever mentioned or thought about again ever!
Nobody involved in making this movie ever second-guessed that…?
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Anyway, the other incident is Camp Damascus, the “what if Chuck Tingle decided to write serious horror” novel. (For a YA level of “serious horror.” Which is about the level I like to deal with, so that worked for me.)
Real mixed feelings about this book. It has good points, it has bad points. Not mad that I spent my time reading it, but it did kinda feel like the first draft of a better book.
But, uh. It sure is A Choice to write a novel about the literalized horrors of religious abuse and anti-gay conversion therapy, and have part of the worldbuilding be “some form of Hell is real! Demons are real! They really do put people through agonizing horror-movie torture scenarios! Just not to gay people.”
The MC spends most of the book afraid of these demons doing horrible brutal murderous things to her, and/or the people she loves.
Then in the climactic showdown, demons do even more horrible brutal things to a bunch of camp counselors, and she’s just…unmoved.
Because, hey, the demons were only threatening gay people because of the church’s control. And now they’re free! So now their standards for “whose limbs do we get to rip off” are…uh, MC explicitly doesn’t know what their standards are…but she doesn’t spend any time stressing over whether the new victims deserve it any more than the old ones did.
To be clear! This is not part of a reveal that the counselors were one-dimensional evil!
The MC is friends with a former counselor. Who’s also gay, and has also been living with the threat of demon-torture. They’ve had heartfelt conversations about how, yes, he did bad things at the camp, but he can’t be too hard on himself, he was being manipulated by a cult, and he can make up for it now that he’s free.
How many of the present-day counselors are in the same situation? Who knows! And nobody left in the book has any interest in finding out.
Someone could write a dissertation about which “assumptions baked into this kind of Christian worldview” Camp Damascus takes the time to unpack, compared to which ones it just…doesn’t question or second-guess at all.
I won’t — I’m not nearly invested enough to do the rereading it would take to get all the details right — just saying that in general, wow, there is A Lot here, if anyone was interested.
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Gonna wrap this up with a Hazbin Hotel reference.
Obviously it’s not the first story to do “okay, some form of Hell is canon real, now let’s actually stop and dig into the implications.” But it’s almost certainly the first one to drop the banger line “if Hell is forever, then Heaven must be a lie” in the middle of a song, and I think that’s beautiful.
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, but what should you do when handed 25 cans of green beans?
As the recipient of a White Elephant gag gift who is watching everyone else open proper presents, you may be entitled to compensation. It's just not fair! You put in the effort to get a good gift for the event — some people at this White Elephant exchange got things like candle warmers and mini blenders — while some folks just choose a goofy present. They'll pick something that's not really useful, or that's just lazy, and they'll toss it in a box for the gift exchange.
This person got 25 cans of green beans, and all other issues aside, that definitely doesn't meet the gifting dollar minimum, I'm sure. If other people were giving out small electronics and stuff, they should've been giving at least 50 cans of beans to reach that amount! It's a shame they didn't vary the veggies a bit: if this person had gotten a nice mix of canned foods, they could make a stew or something. But having 25 cans worth of green beans to consume is enough to make anyone avoid that particular food.
Luckily, this person turned their bad gift into a generous gift for those who are less fortunate by donating it. Let's hope some good karma comes to them during the next White Elephant exchange… should they ever choose to participate in one again.
Wonderfalls was a quirky, short-lived TV series about a twenty-something philosophy grad working a dead-end retail job in a souvenir shop in Niagara falls. Jaye is smart and ironic and damaged and has a meddling family. One day animal-shaped inanimate objects start talking to her, asking her to do things.
The show is hilarious.
Here are some fic that do the tricky job of preserving the showw's humour and heart while letting us spend more time with these characters.
Homing Pigeon by ospery_archer. 7K words. Jaye hated losing arguments with inanimate objects. Especially when they got the last word by burning her trailer down, and her car with it.
Hot Duck by Yochan. 1.7K words.Jaye truly started hating life when her vibrator spoke up over the sound of the water rushing in her tiny shower. Now, not only was she well and truly crazy, the devil knew she owned a vibrator shaped like Ernie's rubber duckie.
I Wonder Why The Wonder Falls On Me by Zanne. 9K words. Crossover with Supernatural. Dean and Sam meet Jaye. Lolol.Surrender to Destiny" is a terrible catchphrase.
An now a festive gem: Jolly by Fox1013 1.8K. "I don't do festive," Jaye said. "It's like asking Mickey Mouse to do a striptease. It makes everyone uncomfortable."
The Pitt
Since on Day 16 I recced a threesome, I thought I might do another one: 86 Days, 87 Nights. 24 K. Robby/Abbot/Samira. There's lots of plot. Which makes sense as it's a fic that could be best described as Lost meets The Pitt. Fantastic.
Kate Hudson has been making the publicity rounds for Song Sung Blue and her style has been all over the place. That’s nothing new for her, though.
AT THE VIEW STUDIOS
We sure are hoping that’s faux, but it’s not looking good — and we mean that literally. While we can sort of understand the limited appeal of fur or its faux version in fashion, these full length coats just make you look like a beaver trapper or some other sort of frontiersman. The boots are gorgeous and the skirt looks nice from what we can see, but that gigantic bear hide just isn’t fabulous, faux or not.
ON LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS
This is really cute. We like the shoulderpad action, which gives it shape and prevents it from looking too much like loungewear. We’d have recommended a statement piece of jewelry to dress it up more. The pants look kind of flimsy.
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